Name: Alkalibacterium indicireducens Yumoto et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.di.ci.re.du’cens. L. neut. adj. indicum, indigo; L. pres. part. reducens, bringing or leading back, used to mean 'reducing'; N.L. part. adj. indicireducens, indigo-reducing

Gender: neuter

Type strain: A11; JCM 14232; NCIMB 14253

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB268549 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yumoto I, Hirota K, Nodasaka Y, Tokiwa Y, Nakajima K. Alkalibacterium indicireducens sp. nov., an obligate alkaliphile that reduces indigo dye. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:901-905.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Alkalibacterium Ntougias and Russell 2001

Assigned by: Yumoto I, Hirota K, Nodasaka Y, Tokiwa Y, Nakajima K. Alkalibacterium indicireducens sp. nov., an obligate alkaliphile that reduces indigo dye. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:901-905.

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Record number: 787278